WEBVTT IN A VIDEO GOINGVIRAL AND A STORY WITH A HAPPYENDING.PEGGY BREIT IS LIVE IN CLAYCOUNTY.REPORTER THE DEPUTY WAS SLOWLYDRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD,CHECKING FOR PROBLEMS ANDLOOKING OUT FOR DEAR WHENSOMETHING STRANGE CUT HISATTENTION.-- CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION.CRACK SOMETHING STEPPED OUT OFFRONT OF ME AND I SLAMMED ON MYBRAKES.THERE WAS A BLACK AND WHITE CAT.IT WAS A TOMATO PASTE CAN.>> ACTING LIKE IT STOPPED FOR AREASON.HE COULD TELL THE SITUATION WASDIRE.>> HE HAD HIS HEAD PRETTY STUCK.I KEPT ON TUGGING UNTIL THE CANCAME OFF.HE SAW ME AND TOOK OFF RUNNING.>> HE HAS BEEN PATROLLING FORFOUR YEARS AND LOVE THE WORK.HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKETHIS BEFORE.HE SAYS HE WILL BE GLAD TO HELPAGAIN IF THE SITUATION ARISES.>> ALL LIVES MATTER.REPORTER: CODY TELLS US HE WASGLAD HE WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACEAT THE RIGHT TIME.

Missouri deputy helps out cat with can stuck on head

Officer encountered cat on road at 3 a.m.

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Updated: 10:37 AM EST Feb 2, 2017

A Clay County Sheriff's deputy came to the aid of a cat with a can stuck on its head.

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The Sheriff's Office said it happened at 3 a.m.

The deputy spotted the cat run into the road in front of his cruiser. He stopped and got out to help the cat.

"You're OK. You're OK," Deputy Cody Minnis says as he removes the can from the cat's head.